Pierre Van Cortlandt Van Wyck ( – April 4, 1827 in

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) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Abraham Van Wyck (1748–1786) and Catherine (Van Cortlandt) Van Wyck (1751–1829; daughter of Lt. Gov.

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). After the death of her husband, Catherine went to live with her children at the

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, the residence of her brother

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. Pierre Van Wyck graduated from Columbia College in 1795. Then he studied law, was

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, and practiced in the courts of

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. As a member of the Clintonian faction of the

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, he was

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from 1806 to 1807, from 1808 to 1810, and from 1811 to 1813. He was

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from 1818 to 1821. On August 26, 1819, he married Alice Young. He was an Assistant Alderman from the Third Ward for the term 1825–26.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 377 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840''
by Jabez D. Hammond (pages 234 and 238; 4th ed., Vol. 1, H. & E. Phinney,

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, 1846)
''The Croakers''
by

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(page 171)

Livingston Family tree ives wrong death year "1842"br>''The Ladies' Literary Cabinet''
edited by Samuel Woodworth (marriage notice on page 136; issue of September 4, 1819)
''American Masonic Record, and Albany Saturday Magazine''
(death notice on page 78; issue of April 7, 1827)
''Historical Index to the Manuals of the Corporation of the City of New York''
(page 236) {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Wyck, Pierre C 1770s births 1827 deaths American people of Dutch descent Columbia College (New York) alumni New York City Recorders New York County District Attorneys New York (state) Democratic-Republicans People from Croton-on-Hudson, New York People from Westchester County, New York